Mr. Sean Martin:

The green hub is certainly an opportunity for postmasters. We are trusted in our communities and with regard to the services we offer. We have put a proposal to the Government and An Post whereby postmasters would call to people's houses and offer the service on a trusted basis. They would offer a free survey to customers. The customer would take up the survey and get SSE Airtricity down to those households to do a complete survey on what is needed for the energy efficiency of the house.

They will provide a report and a costing on it. As a post office, we can provide the loan that they need to be able to address the energy efficiency needs of the house. It has merit. There will be a lot of work to do on it. We need to work with the Minister, Deputy Ryan, on how best we can propose this among our communities because we are the people who will be able to deliver it on a trusted basis.